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    "id": 245680,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/245680/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the poverty index is something out of this world. According to the poverty index given by the Ministry of Planning and National Development, Kisii is the poorest region in this country, followed by Nyanza and Western Provinces. Who does not know that people in most parts of Eastern Province rely on famine relief food? Who does not know that North Eastern Province is very poor and its people also rely on famine relief food? The Minister should look into this issue and revise the poverty index. If it is true that our economic growth is currently at 5.8 per cent, then we need to know why this growth is not being felt by the poor people at the constituency level. In our proposed amendments, we will recommend to increase the CDF to not less than 5 per cent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the ugly side of the Budget, as has been the case, is the lumpsum 1692 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 28, 2006 allocation of funds to Ministries without specifying what they are meant for. This is why Ministers are becoming Ministers of Finance in their Ministries. This is very common with the Ministry of Energy, where the rural electrification funds are never specified in the Budget and the politically- correct people are the only ones who benefit from the funds. Earlier on, I had mentioned that our worst problem is not the Budget, but the fact that every end of a financial year, we have funds which are not spent by Ministries and are returned to the Treasury. It is for this reason that I would recommend such funds to be channelled back to the CDF. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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